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It is indeed that season... This sounds like a fun idea! I definitely agree that we'd likely see no more than three levels of writing for any one story path, given that that already requires 15 writers. It might be kind of fun to double up, as you suggested, and have each person write a...

Hey, Shini! Late Catnip review for you here. I'll be looking at "Isolation" and "A Confession" as requested. Beginning with "Isolation," and you certainly have my attention! Emotionally distressed time loop, possibly with some sort of meta-game elements? I'm here for that every single time...

Hey, nico! Good to see you forum-side. I hope you enjoy Scorched Atlas; I'm a big fan of weird fiction myself! No pressure to share your writing if you're not feeling ready. Feel free to ask for anything you need while you're working on it, or just enjoy hanging out and reading stories or...

It's super tricky... Truly, for me it depends on the specific tropes and how bad/in what way the writing is, heh. Like, there are some tropes I don't like but am willing to look past if I otherwise enjoy the characters, plot, etc. But there are some tropes I absolutely hate that I will...

All right, all our entries are in, and the judges are beginning their work ranking and writing feedback for all the stories. Thanks to everyone who entered! We had fourteen entries this year, featuring a diverse array of "weird" pokémon species, namely: Alolan Ninetales Claydol Cosmog Dedenne...

Those are berries! In any case, the contest is now closed. Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry this year! I'm traveling now, but I'll be back shortly with more information about judging.

It's been brought to my attention that the deadline countdown in the first post was set to the wrong time zone and was therefore showing the wrong amount of time remaining. This has now been corrected! And as of right now, you have seventy-two hours to get your entry in. Good luck to everyone...

That's really cool! You're right, I don't think I've seen any stories about Hugh/Silver before, but they definitely have a lot of interesting similarities. I can see how it would be fun to bounce two stubborn and hot-headed characters off each other like that. I see you've posted a story about...

Well, you're not the only person feeling that way, and also you're in luck! In order to give people a bit more time to complete their entries we will be extending the contest deadline through 11:59 PM UTC July 13th (countdown)! Hopefully that allows a few more people to wrap up their entries...

Hello, everyone! I hope your writing is going well. A big shout-out to everyone who's already gotten an entry in, too--we've got some fun stories already! I'm just popping in with a couple brief announcements: First, I'm pleased to announce our judging lineup this year! Huge thanks to...

Hello! It's been a while, hasn't it? Sorry for the delay; I'm happy to announce that HelloYellow has prepared not one but two banners from the artwork everyone submitted. As mentioned, these will be incorporated into a special anniversary style for the forums, which will debut with the next...

I'm not sure what you mean by "prize"... I'm guessing you're asking whether megas/mega lore can be the primary subjects of your story? If so, yes, and likewise legendary/godly pokémon. You are welcome to seek help from beta readers, here or off-site, as long as they aren't also judges. Your...

Please don't do this until after the judging is complete and the authors of various fics are known. We want to keep the stories anonymous until the reveal, and making who wrote for what species public gets rid of a lot of that anonymity.

Ah. No, there's no way to stop a post from showing up there.

When you say "new posts list," do you mean the "Latest posts" widget on the front page of the forums?

You actually send it to me directly! We ask that people not publish their entries until after the judging period concludes, to preserve the anonymity of the contest. Once the judging is over, though, you can feel free to post a thread in the Fanfiction forum! And if you would like more details...

One-Shot Contest: Weird and Wonderful Gothitelle knows when its trainer's going to die? Iron Valiant is a mortally-wounded athlete made a cyborg to survive? Grimer arose due to X-rays from the moon? Pokémon are strange and mysterious creatures, but some of them are much stranger than others...

Unfortunately you can't change your vote after it's been cast, sorry. In the past it's gotten chaotic with people moving votes around to try and break ties, so for this year I turned that option off.

One-Shot Contest 2025 Theme Poll June is nearly upon us, and that means it's time to start prepping for our yearly one-shot contest! And the first thing we'll need to do is decide what we'd like to write about this year. Choose your favorites from the options above--up to three--and cross your...

Thanks for running this one, Sind! It's a pity the game ended right when it felt like things were really starting to cook, but this feels like a fitting end for a bastard game. I had a lot of fun watching the game unfold!